Osserman to bring dance company to Pamlico Community College

Charlie Hall, Sun Journal Staff

Sunday

Aug 18, 2013 at 12:01 AMAug 18, 2013 at 5:27 PM

Local community theater groups Civic and Rivertowne are between shows, but Ratio Theatre Company is gearing up for its Aug. 30 debut of the play “Reds.” On Tuesday, there is some high-profile dancing at Pamlico Community College, when Wendy Osserman brings her dance company from New York City.

Local community theater groups Civic and Rivertowne are between shows, but Ratio Theatre Company is gearing up for its Aug. 30 debut of the play “Reds.”

On Tuesday, there is some high-profile dancing at Pamlico Community College, when Wendy Osserman brings her dance company from New York City.

Later in the week, on a humanitarian note, the Military Missions in Action, teamed with Pamlico County property owners Russ and Karen Richard, will hold a 2 p.m. Friday groundbreaking for a home for a returning Marine disabled veteran. It will be at the Nature’s Run subdivision outside Arapahoe on Kershaw Road.

Here is a sampling of other events this week:

The Craven-Pamlico Christian Coalition meets Monday at the Golden Corral in New Bern. The meeting is open to all interested citizens. Those who wish to eat should arrive between 6 and 6:30 p.m., with the meeting called to order a half-hour later.

The guest speaker will be John Rustin, president and executive director of the North Carolina Family Policy Council in Raleigh.

He will talk about the legislative session and lead a discussion on legislation regarding family values. Founded in 1992, the N.C. Family Policy Council is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to the preservation of the family and traditional family values.

Rustin lives in Raleighwith his wife, Laynette, and two children.

Also on the agenda will be the final preparations for the 20th Annual God & Country Banquet, which will be held at the Havelock Tourist and Event Center on Sept. 16.

Tickets are $18 and will be available at Monday's meeting.

For more information about the Craven-Pamlico Christian Coalition, contact Jerry Schill at 514-0381.

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The Wendy Osserman Dance Company takes to the stage Tuesday at Pamlico Community College’s Delamar Center. The college’s Cultural Enrichment Department is sponsoring the show by the New York Citydance company.

The show is at 7 p.m.

Modern dancer Osserman is inspired by many forms of dance she’s studied.

The show is called an “informance,” which she said will demonstrate what inspires her to choreograph and how she does it. After performing solos, duets and trios that make up her newest piece, “Appetite,” Osserman and her dancers will show how improvisation can become choreography.

A question-and-answer session will follow.

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The Pamlico County Library has Preschool Storytime Friday at 10 a.m. in Bayboro. It features stories, puppets, crafts and interaction.

On Saturday, the Junior Craft Club meets at 11 a.m. to make crafts, jewelry and pillows. Lunches are welcome.

Admission is $17 in advance, $19 at the door. Students and active duty military are admitted for $10.

It is adapted by Sherman Sergel and based on the Emmy award-winning television movie by Reginald Rose.

Locally, it is produced by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company. Alan Berger directs the local show, with Eileen Shaloub producing.

The synopsis of the story, provided by Civic Theatre: “A 19-year-old man has just stood for trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. ‘He doesn’t stand a chance,’ mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts. It becomes personal and a new murder threat is born. Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men.”

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There is still time to send in membership forms and payment before Jacob Johnson opens the 2013-14 Down East FolkArts Series.

The concert season begins Sept. 20 and 21. On the web: downeastfolkarts.org

Season ticket packages are $88 per person and include tickets for all eight concerts at a choice of venues in New Bern at the Trent River Coffee Company or in Beaufort.

Call 633-6444 for information. Email folkartsenc@gmail.com

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Anyone who wants items in the Thursday Ticket entertainment section should do so by noon on the Tuesday before.

Charlie Hall can be reached at 252-635-5667 or Charlie.hall@newbernsj.com

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